Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-07-02
DARING ROBBERY
pRRPETRATgD DOWN AT BENW00D
EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING,
James Dslo, Treasurer Of Bsnwood Assembly, 4. OF
L., Tied and Ohlorobrmd in Dis
Own House.

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perpetrated in this vicinity was committed
at the residence of Mr.. James Delo, In
Beuwood. at an early hour yesterday
morning. Highly exaggerated rumors
of il were rife ON the streets, anu
the REGISTER reporter fastened to
the scene and found Mr.. Delo reelin-
ing on a sofa completely Frustrated out
dismissed to make the effort to answer the
questions of the scribe, and the following
facts were CLEANED: He had retired ~
TO- 30 O'Clock. locking the door, and as ne
thought, secured the windows, but MS
neighbor, MI. C. Price, who occupies par.
of the same house, noticed near IL O'Clock
that the window had not been closed. As
the night was warm Mr.. Delo took a com-
Portable and pillow, depositing them on the
floor with the intention Of sleeping there:
Somewhere between 1880 p. m. n 2:5o
n m he was awakened by a pressure on
his chest. He raised himself and seeing a
DARK form in front Of him, struck at it, 6nt
he was then clutchod from behind: inns
was the last recollection he bad until, ne Is
unable to say how long afterward, reoov-
ering from the effect of a drug which evil
IDENTIFY had been administered, he found
himself suffocating and endeavoring to
raise his hands ascertained mat
thew were tied behind him, also
that his lower limbs were tied
at the ankles. He felt himself growing
weaker and in desperation rolled across the
floor, throwing himself against q door lead
ing to that part of the house occupied by
Mr.. Price in the hope OF awakening
that gentleman to come to his ASSIST
ance He ratified the door for some time
and succeeded in attracting the attention
of Mr. and Mrs. Price, whose sleeping
apartments are on the second floor above
the one occupied by Mr.. Delo. Mr.. Price
came down stairs and going around TO the
front door found it open. He entered the
room, stepping over the Frustrated man,
and noticed q dash of red at the corner OF
his mouth. He raised him up, thinklngit
was a hemorrhage, but on examination II
proyed TO be the end Of q large led calico
handkerchief which had been stuffed IN
his mouth and which was suffocatlng him.
A towel was tied across his nostrils
and under his chin. The man was resus-
citated, and it was evident that he bad
been chloroformed. Had assistance been
ten minutes later he would have died OF
asphyxia. He is still very languid II
complains of feeling sore, as If he had been
beaten. His clothing is badly torn, az II
in a scuflc. The room was IN great dis
order, all tie bureau and stand drawers
open ard Sl6l t?ben from one OF them.
This money wss ev emily the object OF the
robbery. Mr.. DelO ia treasurer OF Ben
wood Assembly 2323, X. of l. and the
money taken belonged to that order. In
| the same drawer were $lB in silver which
was overlooked by them. Nr. Delo bad
notified some of the officers of the lodge
that he would transfer the money to.day
| friday as a deposit to the bank in Bell
aire. On the table was left a paper with a
coffin and skeleton outlined upon 1t. A
line or two printed oil it intimated that 1t
was done through revenge. Mr.. Delo Is
an upright and scrupulously exact man, and
knows no one who would cherish such sen
timents toward him. The initials "R. f
H." were on the paper but n burglar would
scarcely put the initials of his own name
in such o case. The opinions of many re-
duced is that it is probable that it is done
by parties Of this vicinity who knew who
had the none and who perhaps had some
grudge against tie Assembly. Mr.. Delo
| feels that when he is able he will make
good the amount. He is a hard working
man who has met with reyerses and it
would he a very large AMOUNT for him to
restore. This ia a fair it'd for amateur
detective work. Marshall DOlbear took
the paper left on the table to Bellaire, and
will no doubt do all in his power to trace
the guilty parties.
1t is thought that an entrance was ef-
fected through the window, and that they
made their exit through the door, as IL
had been unlocked on the inside. The
money taken was in bills of the following
denominations: Four twenties, four tens,
two fves and the rest in ones and twOs.
Mrs. Delo and son are at Germantown at
tending the funeral of her sister. MIR.
Delo D is sure that there were two burglars,
and perhaps there might have been more;
but the form before him when de was
awakened and then being seized from be
hind at the same instant prove that there
were two.